Food product with prolonged energy release

Abstract

The subject of the present invention is a nutritive composition for prolonged release of energy, characterized in that it comprises between 50 and 99.9%, preferably 60 to 99.9% and still more preferably between 70 and 99.9% by weight of branched maltodextrins having between 15 and 35% of 1-6 glucoside linkages, a reducing sugar content of less than 20%, a polymolecularity index of less than 5 and a number-average molecular mass Mn at most equal to 4500 g/mol. The subject of the invention is also a food product containing the said nutritive composition.

1 . Nutritive composition for prolonged release of energy, characterized in that it comprises between 50 and 99.9%, preferably 60 to 99.9% and still more preferably between 70 and 99.9% by weight of branched maltodextrins having between 15 and 35% of 1-6 glucoside linkages, a reducing sugar content of less than 20%, a polymolecularity index of less than 5 and a number-average molecular mass Mn at most equal to 4500 g/mol.  
     
     
         2 . The nutritive composition of  claim 1 , wherein said branched maltodextrins have a reducing sugar content of between 2 and 5% and an Mn of between 2000 and 3000 g/mol.  
     
     
         3 . The nutritive composition of  claim 1 , wherein all or some of the said branched maltodextrins are hydrogenated.  
     
     
         4 . The nutritive composition of  claim 1 , which comprises a mixture of the said branched maltodextrins with at least one hypoinsulinaemic monosaccharide.  
     
     
         5 . The nutritive composition of  claim 4 , which comprises a liquid mixture of the said branched maltodextrins with fructose.  
     
     
         6 . Food product consisting of an energizing bar, a cereal bar, a biscuit, a drink, a dietetic supplement, a breakfast cereal composition, a tablet, a confectionery, which comprises the nutritive composition of  claim 1 .  
     
     
         7 . The food product of  claim 6 , which comprises 0.5 to 75% of the said nutritive composition.  
     
     
         8 . The food product of  claim 6 , which comprises 0.5 to 30% of the said nutritive composition.  
     
     
         9 . The food product of  claim 7 , which is a bar.  
     
     
         10 . The food product of  claim 7 , which is a biscuit.  
     
     
         11 . The food product of  claim 7 , which is a drink.  
     
     
         12 . The food product of  claim 7 , which is a confectionery.  
     
     
         13 . Process for producing a food product which provides the consumer with a prolonged release of energy, wherein the nutritive composition of  claim 1  is associated with the composition of said food product, the resulting food product thereby gaining the character of prolonged energy-release supplier.